How do you think people get their personalities ?   I think it ’ s mainly from the environment a person lives in .   Don ’ t you think people get their personalities from their parents ?   No , but parents control a lot of the environment that kids grow up in , so they certainly influence their kids ' personalities a lot .   So why do you think many kids have personalities that are so different from their parents .   Maybe when they become teenagers , they want to be completely different to their parents .   You might be right . I guess most parents want their kids to be like them , but kids today grow up in a different environment . You know , they know much more about the world from the internet , newspapers , and tv .   Do you think that teenagers get a lot of their bad behaviour from tv and movies ?   Maybe some of it . I think a lot of people blame TV and movies when the real problem is that the parents aren ’ t bringing their child up correctly .   Parents have a difficult job . They have to bring up their children and usually have to work too .   Yes , that ’ s true . Your son is doing well at school , isn ’ t he ?   Yes , he is . He ’ s very hardworking when he ’ s at school . Then he comes home from school and does homework before dinner . After dinner , he goes out with his friends .   So , he ’ s not a bookworm ? It ’ s good that he has an outgoing personality . Some kids are very quiet and introverted . You wonder they ’ ll survive in the real world without their parents to support them . 